# Save your lives

The word "your" refers to the people of Moab.

# become like a juniper bush in the wilderness

The people fleeing from their cities into the desert is compared to a bush or shrub that grows in the desert. Alternate translation: "become like a shrub that grows in the wilderness" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-unknown]])